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Tokyo Olympics: Shooting LIVE Day 1, 24 July - Saurabh Chaudhary eliminated - Updates, Scores, Result, Medal, Blog
Follow our LIVE Blog of Shooting Day 1 from the Tokyo Olympics.
Saurabh Chaudhary. (Phot credit: TOI)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE Blog for Shooting on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics.
The star Indian pistol shooter, Saurabh Chaudhary faltered in the final to finish seventh in the Men's 10m Air Pistol with a score of 137.4. The Meerut boy who was on fire in the qualification round, looked far from his best in the final as he crumbled under the pressure.
Iran's Javad Foroughi is the Olympic Champion in Men's 10m air pistol, while Serbia's Mikec Damir and the Chinese Wei Pang settled for silver and bronze, respectively.
Earlier, Abhishek Verma was failed to qualify for Men's 10m air pistol final whereas the women's 10m air rifle duo of Elavenil Valarivan and Apurvi Chandela too had the same fate.
Stay tuned for all the latest updates!
Live Updates
- 23 July 2021 11:40 PM GMT
Elavenil blitzing out her shots
While the young Elavenil Valarivan is blitzing out her shots, the more experienced Apurvi Chandela seems to be taking her own sweet time. Both have started off decently, and are well placed in the rankings.
- 23 July 2021 11:38 PM GMT
The Qualification round is underway
The qualification round is underway at the Asaka Shooting Range. The shooters are currently in the process of shooting the first series of 10 shots each.
- 23 July 2021 11:34 PM GMT
No Telecast of the Qualification Rounds
As expected there is no telecast of the qualification rounds of Shooting from Tokyo.
Stay tuned here for all the latest updates.
- 23 July 2021 11:28 PM GMT
Can Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan open India's account at the Tokyo Olympics?
The qualification event for women's 10m air rifle is expected to start in just some minutes at 5 am IST. The qualification will be immediately followed by the final at 7:15 am IST - the first real chance for India to earn a podium finish.
Who will open India's account at the Tokyo Olympics? Will it be Apurvi Chandela or will it be Elavenil Valarivan? Or will India open their account at all through this event? Remember, Chandela has not found her 2019 self as yet and Elavenil did not earn the Olympic quota for herself. It will take a some great mental strength from the duo to leave it all behind and shoot their best at the Asaka Shooting Range today.
I won't not say anything further because I do no want to remembered as the guy who jinxed it. GOOOO INDIAAAA!
- 23 July 2021 11:21 PM GMT
Hi, Hello, Namaste!
Welcome to the LIVE coverage of Shooting Day 1 from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The star women rifle shooters, Apurvi Chandela and Elavenil Valarivan will be the first Indian shooters in action from around 15 mins right now, and I will take you through all the happenings from the Asaka Shooting Range.
Today is a big day for India, one that could be etched in the country's sporting history. Stay tuned to The Bridge for all the LIVE updates from Tokyo.
